| Soul food recipes continue to adapt to healthier | | | | soul food recipes publisher. |
| consumer lifestyles. With the past reputation of high | | | | Here's examples of how soul food recipes are getting |
| calories, salt and fat content, this tasty southern cuisine | | | | healthier for consumers. |
| is taking on a consumer friendlier change. Now you'll | | | | Instead of using fat back and ham hocks to flavor |
| find better cooking techniques, healthy ingredients and | | | | vegetables such as collard greens, black eyed peas or |
| natural herbs and seasonings. To the delight of health | | | | cabbage, smoked turkey is used. By doing this over |
| professionals and medical experts, soul food cooking is | | | | 50% less fat is consumed while still giving food the |
| lighter in calories, fat and salt than traditional recipes of | | | | smoky robust flavor people love so much. |
| the past. | | | | Instead of boiling collard greens or cabbage in large |
| Thanks to creative cooks, now a whole new industry | | | | amounts of water for 1 to 2 hours and destroying |
| continues to develop. Healthy soul food is now a fast | | | | nutrients and vitamins in the process. More cooks are |
| growing industry with no end in sight. Restaurants are | | | | stir frying these veggies. Stir frying has proven to save |
| reworking their menus, manufacturers are developing | | | | over 50% of food nutrients and vitamins. Instead of |
| new food products with less sodium, fat and calories. | | | | deep fat frying in fat. More meats are baked, roasted |
| And book publishers are scrambling to publish books | | | | or pan fried. Thus, less fat content is absorbed in the |
| with health themes to meet the growing demand by | | | | meats. In addition, with roasting and baking much of the |
| consumers. | | | | fat content is cooked out of the meats. |
| A new revolution is taking place with soul food recipes | | | | These are few examples of how soul food recipes |
| and the public is loving it. The biggest hurdle to these | | | | are getting healthier. As more discoveries are made |
| new changes have been keeping the recipes tasty, | | | | and techniques tested and developed, this trend is |
| satisfying and flavorful. But with new cooking | | | | expected to continue far into the future. As the healthy |
| techniques, natural seasonings and herbs we've turned | | | | eating demand continues to grow for consumers, the |
| the corner and raised the bar and gave consumers | | | | industry will continue to work to find ways to keep |
| the best of both world's. "But we continue to push | | | | meeting the demand. Stay tuned! |
| forward and not rest on our laurels," admits one free | | | | |